Totem Poles Again
Emergi
ling As 'Art'
In Far Northwest
Washington. Indian braves
of the far northwest have taken
to carrying totem poles again
only this time it's on the colle
giate, not the tribal, level.
For the first time in educa
tional history a formal course in
totem carving has been included
in a college curriculum.
Squamish Life college, British
Columbia's all-Indian school in
North Vancouver, lists the
course. It furnishes the teaching
of a professorial chief-carver to
any student brave interested in
learning the almost forgotten
ancestral art of embellishing a
large log with symbolic fish
heads and eagle beaks.
Many Still Stand
Squamish offers the course
more or less as a form of "cul
tural reforestation" of Ameri
ca's "totem-polar region." Weath
, er-beaten pole clusters still stand
in southeast Alaska and along
the British Columbia coast.
But no new crop of poles has
arisen since the turn of the cen
tury, when totem carving be
came almost a lost art.
Less than a century ago, there
was no problem of "reforesta
tion." Totem poles were going
up all over the northwest land
scape as fast as the tribal chiefs
could afford them.
The great splurge in totem
poles a century ago was nothing
but a race for social pre-eminence
among the chiefs of the
northwestern tribes the Haida,
Tsimshian and Tlingit. Contrary
to popular belief, there was no
religious or sacred symbolism at
tached to the garnished logs.
In fact, totem poles were noth
ing but the social registers of the
day, and simply represented a
chief's claim to wealth and fame.
The larger the pole, the more
grotesque representations of
whales, bears, ravens, fish, and
eagles were carved on it.
International Alarm
For Aga Kahn Robber
Paris, Jan. 21 (U.R) French
police sent out an international
alarm today for three men want
ed in the $710,000 jewel robbery
of the Aga Khan, for which six
already were in custody.
Italian, Belgium and Swiss po
lice joined those of France in
the hunt for Albert Gianme, 37,
Paul Leca, 44, and Charles Vin
cioeoni, 49.
Redwood Empire Ass' n
Commemorative Stamps
Santa Rosa, Cal., Jan. 21 (U.R)
The executixe board of the Red
wood Empire association, has en
listed the aid of Rep. Hubert
Scudder, (R., Cal.) in seeking to
persuade the U. S. government
to issue a special commemorative
stamp in recognition of Califor
nia's giant Sequoia trees, it was
announced today.
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NOTHING TO DREAD IN
The change of life (meno
pause) marks the decline of the
child-bearing period of life, noth-
ing more, mere
is no reason
why one should
dread its ap
proach or ex
istence, in the
thought that
dire diseases,
such as cancer
or insanity are
more prone to
develop at this
period than at
any other.
Normally,
or. oradv the menopause
Is ushered in by a period of men
strual irregularity, followed
soon by complete disappearance
of the menstrual periods. During
this period, normally, no other
disorder or change of any sort is
apparent and no function is dis
turbed, other than the ability to
bear a child.
Even the latter function is
often surprisingly persistent, and
more than an occasional woman,
laboring under the belief that
with the advent of the meno
pause she is sterile, is either
chagrined or delighted to dis
cover tnat sne is pregnant. There
is no reason to believe that a
"menopause baby" has less
chance of survival or healthful
existance that one born early in
me.
Abnormal menopause may
give rise to a variable array of
symptoms. Abnormal meno
pause does not indicate the de
velopment of other disease. A
woman may have a highly ab
normal menopause and live to
be a hundred years old, follow
ing it.
The menopause may be ex
pected to commence at about the
age of forty-five sometimes
earlier, sometimes later. In ab
normal menopause, one of the
disturbing symptoms that may
persist for a long time, is the
hot flash. This symptom, in
some instances, may persist for
years after the termination of
the final menstrual period. It is
due, as are other menopausal
symptoms, to a delay or malad
justment of tile functions of the
endocrine glands, of wnicn tne
ovaries are a part.
The ovaries commence to at
rophy or shrink with the onset
of the menopause, but no simi
lar process develops in any of
the other associated endocrine
elands. Alone with the shrink-
!ace. there occurs a decrease in
the ovarian hormones, and many
of the symptoms of abnormal
menopause appear to be linked
directly with this deficit.
The belief that a woman is
destined to get fat as a result of
the menopause is nonsense. The
only reason any woman gets fat
is because she eats more than
she needs. There are millions of
women who did not get fat dur
ing or after the menopause.
Emotional instability some
times occurs during the meno
pause. In some instances it is
difficult to determine whether
this symptom is due to psycho
logical convictions or to endo
crine imbalance. It is probable
that a good portion of it is psy
chological under any cimcum
stances. Some women ignorantly enter
tain the notion that the meno
pause marks the end of their
feminine attractiveness, and
find the thought so intorable
that they may resort to emotion
al "sprees," in an effort to es
cape their foolish convictions.
Modern hormone therapy in
variably controls the symptoms
of abnormal menopause. A great
many women deprive them
selves of this help because of the
fear that hormone therapy stim
ulates the development of can
cer. This stems from some un
fortunate publicity attending the
discovery that actual cancer may
be stimulated by certain hor
mones in doses far exceeding
those ordinarily employed in
treating abnormal menopause.
Hormone therapy of abnormal
menopause is an accepted ana
valuable method of treatment.
If the supposed dangers which
w
THE CHANGE OF LIFE
some people fancy actually ex
isted, the treatment would nev
er be used.
Many women who have exper
ienced much discomfort from
hot flashes have reported satis
factorily results from the prac
tice of supplementing thejr or
dinary diet with a daily ration
of C and D essentials of good
nutrition which the refined diet
of most persons fails to provide
in sufficient quantity. For in
structions consult the pamphlet
on ine Menopause, available on
written request (do not use a
clipping, please) if you provide
stamped self-addressed . enve
lope. QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Cure for High Blood Prenuref
Anxious to get a copy of article
stating there Is no known euro lor
high blood pressure. (C. A. H.)
Answer 1 have no such article or
copy. Of course there la no cure for
high blood pressure which Is not a
disease but Just one manifestation of
numerous aliments. You may get a
better understanding of it by reading
uie dookici v.-v-u, aoout neart ana
artery diseases. For copy send twen-ty-five
cents and stamped self-addressed
envelope.
Wassermann Test
Is a posiUve Wassermann test prool
of venereal disease?
Answer No. it is evidence, thoueh
not absolute, of the presence of syph
ilis which is often not venereal.
Night Cramps Ceased
Having suffered for years wlui
cramps in my legs and feet nights, 1
sent for your pamphlet and followed
ine aavice tnereln It brought com
plete relief within two wek nnri
have had no further trouble now for
many months. (Mrs. T. C.)
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State Industry Safety
Group Okays Proposals
Portland, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R)
The state industrial safety com
mittee today announced it had
adopted a seven-point program
outlined by Gov. Douglas Mc
Kay. The program included special
attention to "high hazard indus
tries as well as small plants and
plans for scheduling conferences
with various industry representa
tives. Figures presented at the meet
ing indicated that during 1948
sawmill and logging operations
accounted for more accidents
than any other industry.
Odds and Ends Discussed
By J. Hugh Pruttt
Astronomer, Extension Division
Oreson Higher Education System
I. On Dec. 21, 1949, we heard
over radio that a news agency
in Czecho-Slovakia was dissem
inating the line that "Stalin is
akin to the sun, and on the day
he was born 70 years earlier, the
sun actually stood still in the
heavens." This would surely be
quite misleading to multitudes
who were uninformed on mat
ters astronomical and perhaps
it was meant to be.
But is was true in a certain
sense. Stalin was born on the
shortest day of the year, or with
in a day of it if records are cor
rect, tne time tnat is Known as
the winter soltice. This word
means sun stands still. Old
Sol has two apparent motions in
the sky. One is from east to
west, which is a daily affair.
Then there is the motion from
north to south and back to
north, requiring a year.
Moves Across Sky
About June 22, the sun daily
moves across the sky in a seem
ing path that is as far northward
as it ever gets in our latitudes.
Then each succeeding day it
crosses the heavens on a curve
a little farther south. This con
tinues until the winter soltice
when it is very low in the south
and "stands still" just before
starting back for another six-
montns trip nortnward.
atalin was thus born at the
time the "sun stands still." But
it took some latter-dav mind to
figure that this orderly annual
feat of Old Sol was an obeisance
of a heavenly body to a baby
because he was to become a
mighty man of the earth. It
might have made better pub
licity material had he been born
at the summer soltice when the
sun was at its greatest ascend
ency in the starry skies.
Cam On Both Days
2. A radio announcer said re
cently that he was not sure
whether the winter soltice in
1949 came on December 21 or
22. "Some dispatches give one
day; some, the other."
It came on both days, but not
in any one locality. In the Pa
cific Standard time zone the
clocks read 8:24 p.m., December
21, at the time the sun was
"standing still." In the Eastern
Standard 'time zone, this was
11:24 p.m. of that same day. In
London, however, the time was
4:24 a.m. December 22. And it
was December 22 in all of Eur
ope, Asia, Africa and on east
ward to the International date
line a little east of New Zealand.
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MEDICINE
ROCK
Relief at last In new local discovery,
gaining nation-wide attention. A fam
ous clinical laboratory's eihsuitive
rests show It holds great hap far
rheumatism and arthritis auHerers.
Many local people greatly benefitted.
Your Favorite Southern Oregon
Drug Store Has It!
Fred Stroble Faces
Sentence of Death
Los Angeles, Jan. 21 (U.R) A
superior judge will pronounce a
sentence of death Friday on Fred
Stroble, 67-year-old murderer of
JLinda Joyce Ulucoft, 6.
The unemployed baker faces
an automatic death sentence be
cause the jury which convicted
him of first-degree murder failed
to recommend leniency.
Judge Rules San
Stroble, who pleaded innocent
and innocent by reason of insan
ity, lost a chance for commitment
to an asylum yesterday when
Superior Judge Charles W.
Fricke instead of the Jury de
cided Stroble's sanity.
"The court finds nothing in the
record that tends to show that
the defendant was insane at the
time of his crime," he jurist
ruled seven minutes after the
hearing started.
A Nichols' Worth of
Comment On
By HARMAN
United Press
Washington, Jan. 21-U.PJ
Joe Darst, mayor of St. Louis, is
a big little man in a big town.
Uown there
along the Mis
sissippi river
they don't pay
much a 1 1 e n
tion to proto
col. Not like
they do In
by invitation.
Well, Joe
was in our
town the other
UarnuD Nichols
day. He w a s
big enough (St. Louis is in Mis
souri) to get into the White
House to see H.S.T.
His assignment was simule.
All he wanted was a few million
for relief of a couple of the
slum areas in fat. Louis known
as "Kerry Patch" and "Goat
Hill." If you ve ever prowled
around St. Louis as I have, you
know these sections could stand
a little fixing up.
Anyhow, Joe Darst did his
duty at the White House and
then wandered over to the Stat
ler hotel where he was to pitch
a fine of St. Louis hoe-down for
a lot of DeoDle. Thev innhirlprl
I the three congressmen from St.
3. And what is this date line?
This is an imaginary line run
ning from pole to pole close to
tne iHinn meridian from Green
wich, but deviating from it in
places so as not to touch land.
This is the place "where the day
begins. Immediately to the
west of this line it is practically
the same time of day as immedi
ately east of it, but always one
ciay later.
Instruction Courses
Offered Reservists
A number of two - week or
longer tours of active duty are
now open to officers and enlisted
men of the organized army re
serve corps, it was announced
today by Maj. Walter Fingerhut,
ORC Instruction here.
Among them are an eight-week
course in automotive mechanics
for enlisted reservists at Fort
Ord, Cal.; on-the-job training for
a company and field grade offi
cers at the same army post, and
duty at the office of army field
forces, for field grade officers
with experience as unit com
manders or staff officers.
Two-week courses for all
grades in various amphibious
techniques, including courses in
communication, naval gunfire
supnort, intelligence, landing
craft control, and a general
course on the subject of amphi
bious warfare indoctrination are
also available.
Further information may be
obtained from Major Fingerhut
at ORC headquarters at the cor
ner of Sixth street and River
side avenue.
BAGS COUGAR
Harry (Vernon) DunlaD. 1216
Saling avenue, shot and killed a
cougar on the little AnDlegate
river Friday. DunlaD credited
his hounds, particularly two
pups "Elmer and "Jiggs." eight
months old, for his success and
stated that "Elmer" was respons
ible for treeing the animal and
holding it at bay until Dunlap
was able to shoot it.
The nation's only municipally
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Francisco.
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Mother, 2 Children
Die in Maine Blaze
York, Me., Jan. 21 (U.R) A
mother and two children burned
to death early today when a port
able oil stove exploded in their
bedroom, splattering them with
me Diazing num.
Those killed in the blaze which
burned out their five-room frame
home were Mrs. Thomas McDon
ald, 41, and her sons Arthur, 5
and Richard, 7.
ine woman s husband was
burned seriously when he opened
the door to the bedroom as the
oil stove blew up. Doctors said
he also suffered a heart attack
and shock.
Two other children, Thomas
Jr., 18. and Sheila, 11, fled un-
narmea.
The oldest building standing in
San Francisco is the Officer's
club in the Presidio.
This and That
W. NICHOLS
feature Writes
Louis: Frank Karsten, John Sul
livan and Raymond Karst all
good, deserving democrats.
Reall The Rules
The mayor read all about
Washington protocol. He didn't
want to make any mistakes.
Carolyn Hagner Shaw in her lit
tle book had set down the rules,
and he read them' all. Sit the big
shot first, the next big shot, and
go on from there, the book said.
Down in St. Louis no small
town, mind you they just sit
down as they come in and tuck
a napkin under the chin and
paddle into the soup. Same as
you do in most places except
Washington.
But Joe Darst likes to follow
the rules of the Romans when
in Rome, etc. So lie looked over
at his assembled guests.
There was A. B. Silverman,
assistant commissioner of field
operations, area C, of the Public
housing administration. Where
to sit him?
Other Big Shots
There was John Taylor Eagan,
the commissioner of public hous
ing. Put him on the mayor's left
or right?
There were other big shots,
and small shots, many of whom
could do St. Louis a fine turn.
How about them?
It was all so confusing the
mayor soon was having trouble
telling a big shot from a little
one. So he started counting
noses.
There were old friends po
litical friends and new friends
he'd just met. There this, guy
from the White House and that
one from his own ward in St.
Louis.
So many, in fact, his eyes be
gan to blur. What to do?
Darst called Sullivan into a
huddle and whispered something
about procotol.
"Why don't you do it this
way?" Sullivan whispered back.
Mayor Bellowed
The mayor did. He pulled
himself up to his full height and
bellowed:
"Soup's onl"
There was a scramble for the
few available seats. Clerks got
in ahead of congressmen and
Commissioner Eagan wound up
at the foot of the table.
But the celery was good. Also
tVw stctik.
Mayor Darst grinned his way
through it allbig city style
and gave forth with a speech to
make St. Louis proud.
Decorated Sugar Cubes
Marketed World-Wide
Minneapolis (U.R) Mrs. Miki
Barnes has develooed an interna
tional business of decorating sug
ar cubes.
Using a pastry tube wltn extra
fine points, she puts colored-
frosting in various designs on
the cubes.
Her "sugars," as she calls
them, have 'been sold in every
state except Arizona and have
been shipped to Denmark, Eng
land. France, Germany, Hawaii
and Iceland.
Bar Association Talks
Planning for Estates
Trip Southern Oregon Bar as
sociation, composed of attorneys
from Jackson ana josepmne
counties, met In Grants Pass
Thursday to hear discussions of
estate planning and analyses and
will-drafting by four officers of
the trust department of the First
National bank of Portland.
The speakers were George W.
Stewart, Lawrence L. Clark, C.
W Hastlnirs and Hul Dolson.
The meeting was followed by
dinner and dancing at the
Grants Pass Country club.
Use Mail Tribune Want Ads
Sunday, January 22, 1950
$1,500,000 HOLDUP Detective Inspects the vault of Brink's, Inc,
and some of the sacks of coins not touched In the $1,600,000 holdup of
the armored trucking firm's Boston branch. The nine masked robbers
preferred "folding money" because it was lighter. Brink's has offered
a $100,000 reward for the capture of the bandits dead or alive.
.... AROUND
By VIRGINIA
United Press
Hollywood, Jan. 21 (U.R)
Movietown now has the nation's
first college for picking the
Horses.
Every movie
set is swarm
ing with horse
players, and a
veteran liandi
capper has
started the
two - dollar -tech
to teach
them why
they lose their
money.
The general
idea is that it
takes nn nrln.
Virginia,
MacFherwra
cation to out-smart a horse
and even then you have to be
lucky.
"There are definite and pre
dictable factors a person ought
to know before he picks a race,"
Dean of Students Ned North
said. "Horse picking is a sci
ence. "Plenty of guys have been
shoving their money over the
mutuel windows for 40 years,
and they don't know that when
a horse wins by a nose the rest
of him wins too."
Pictures Of Horses
Broke and beaten track fans
crowd Into North's classroom,
complete with college chairs and
blackboard, to hear four profes
sors lecture on blood lines,
breeding, speed and pace. There
are pictures of famous horses on
the walls and a miniature race
track for re-running the last race
at hnnla Anita.
After the 10-hour course,
you'll be able to lose money like
a professional.
Some of the scholars are con
nected with the movie business,
including a studio doctor and a
former cameraman. North won't
say how many are, but Para
mount studio around the corner
complained that its employes
keep sneaking out to catch a
class.
Some Prominent
"Some of our students are
prominent businessmen who
won't give us their real names,"
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cidence, there's a rear entrance.
North said his professors don't
teach a system; they lecture
about workouts, clocking, claim
ing prices, allowance conditions,
weight scales, blood lines and
past performance charts.
North insisted he is not en
couraging gambling. If you
can't pass an entrance exam
Hint nrnvns vnn'ra nlrnni-ltr an
addict, he won't let you in. And
wnat you ao with your educa
tion is up to you.
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